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legible

Spanish, adjective/leˈxible/

legible is spelled L-E-G-I-B-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legible is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “legible, readable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que se puede leer, porque se entiendan las letras o caracteres”.

What does legible mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinelegible, readable

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que se puede leer, porque se entiendan las letras o caracteres. 2. Que se puede leer, porque se comprenda fácilmente su contenido.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of legible

  • legibles feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce legible?

  • /leˈxible/
  • [leˈxi.β̞le]
  • [leˈxiβ̞le]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to legible

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is legible in Spanish?

legible appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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